Another Trump embarrassment: "That summit could have been an email"
I couldn't stand to watch even a minute of the obsessive news coverage about the Trump-Putin "summit", so I missed what may well go down in US history as the…
August 2025
The U.S. changes sides, whither Canada?
Donald Trump and his MAGA colleagues have decided to do more than abandon America’s fight... The post The U.S. changes sides, whither Canada? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Musical interlude
Bob Moses - I Ain't Gonna Be The First To Cry
Will A CPC MP Respond To Clean Air Concern?
July 30, 2025 Dear Mr. Kram: As you may know, Regina’s air quality is now routinely worse than the air quality of Beijing, China. Our weather monitoring service by Environment…
Things that make me say hmmm……
View on Threads What made me say "hmmmm...." the most this week was, of course, Trump and his shenanigans. One of the most pathetic things about Trump is his obsession…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Andrew Phillips discusses how the Trump administration is looking to rewrite history in dealing with North American trade. And Thor Benson interviews David Roberts…
Why Canada needs degrowth
Photo by Digfarenough/Wikimedia Commons Let’s begin by recalling some recent climate events. Blazing fires tore through Los Angeles, consuming acres of land and reducing thousands of homes to as...
The ‘haka party’ incident and the fight for Māori dignity
The mock haka performed by Auckland University engineering students in 1955. Photo courtesy the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira. The Haka Party Incident Directed by Katie Wolfe Tasma...
TIFF, Qatar and antisemitism
Unlike Hamas, which still maintains an office in Qatar, the Doha Film Institute (DFI) operates out of a post office box in the oil-rich Middle Eastern country. But the institute…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Hamilton Nolan discusses how the Trump regime is going far out of its way to build the U.S.' economy on scams and corruption.…
This has to be the solution
A solution we can afford next year #ldnont #stroads #traffic
We Condemn Slavery, But Also Kind Of Like It
No person in his or her right mind would favour slavery. Other than white supremacists and Christian nationalists (neither of who meet the criterion of the first sentence), no one…
Will Poilievre win the byelection battle but lose the leadership war?
To begin with, I think anyone who expects Pierre Poilievre to lose the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection next Monday is living in a dream world. Its an understandable dream, of course,…
A Real American without a country
Hulk Hogan in 2011. Photo by Dave Moss/Wikimedia Commons. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin was a wifebeater. Bret “Hitman” Hart was a serial philanderer. Scott Steiner tried to gouge out th...
Alberta’s UCP government makes important breakthrough in Internet enshittification
With its BookVaccine.Alberta.ca website, which is confusing and upsetting significant numbers of Albertans fearful they will lose access to lifesaving COVID-19 immunization, Alberta’s United Conservative Party has made a significant…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Nick Turse highlights how Donald Trump's use of military force to control domestic civilians is unprecedented, while Asawin Suebsaeng and Ryan Bort warn that…
Aw Nuts
How to get stuff from Doug Ford #onpoli #dogs